Disgusted Bruce Bowen lets Bacsik have it; guest shot cut short

Former Spur Bruce Bowen, an ESPN analyst and regular commentator on local Ticket 760 show, “Morning Drive with Andy Everett and Peter Burns,” let Mike Bacsik have it on the air this morning with a slam-dunk of words that not only should have made San Antonio proud – but clearly cut short the guy’s guest shot.

Referring to Bacsik’s racist tweet directed to “all the dirty mexicans in San Antonio,” Bowen made his disgust loud and clear on KTKR. And when the fired Dallas radio producer/commentator tried to explain the series of events before and after his offending tweet — and when he realized his big mistake, Bowen growled: “You should have known right away “as derogatory as it (what you said) was!”

Later, after Bacsik apologized again and again, Bowen still wouldn’t let it go, telling the guy this couldn’t have been an isolated incident. “You must have had those thoughts prior to this,” he said, emphasizing he must have “problems with racism.”

Even when host Burns tried to soften the mood by asking Bacsik what kind of fallout he’s experienced in Dallas – from his bosses that indicated this was the worst time for such a derogatory comment, considering “the stuff going on in Arizona,” and from the offended Hispanic community over there — Bowen wouldn’t let him get away with anything that might inspire sympathy.

Bruce cut him short, indicating why are we even listening to this, adding there’s a lot of sports going on that this sports show could discuss.

He also took Burns to task for reaching out to Bacsik, indicating it should have been the other way around – that Bacsik should be the one reaching out to make amends. “You should get on the phone with every station, every news program” to say you’re sorry, he told Bacsik..

Bacsik, to his credit, took everything Bowen dished out, even saying “Bruce has every right to say what he said.” After he stressed that “I screwed up tremendously,” he said he’s contacted LULAC to do community service, his pastor at his church – every way he can think of to make amends.

With that, the interview, which I’d been told would last about 20 minutes, ended after barely 10.

Thank you, Bruce, for sparing everyone any more of this man’s mea culpas.

Incidentally, if you missed this morning’s strong stand by Bowen, you can find the KTKR podcast here.